A angry dog owner claims one of her dogs was poisoned by chocolate thrown over the garden fence.

The owner, who wished to remain anonymous, said the chocolate was thrown over while her dogs were outside in the sun on Wednesday.

She has six dogs in total and spoke of her horror as her pet became violently ill.

"My two biggest dogs, German Shepherd and Mastiff were out on the front garden, behind the gates, chilling in the sun watching the world go by, it's their favourite thing to do and are out there most days for hours, both are old and mastiff is deaf," she told LeicestershireLive.

"I had the front door open preparing their dinner in the kitchen when I noticed German shepherd had something red in her paws and mouth."

That's when the owner ran out of the house to find out exactly what her dog had in its mouth.

'They've obviously been thrown over into the garden'

She reached the German Shepherd and realised that it was in fact a Kit-Kat chunky - which she threw away before the dog managed to eat any.

The owner did not find any more and noticed that her Mastiff was behind the bush, so fed her dogs as usual.

But within 10 minutes she said her Mastiff was throwing up, which is when she noticed the familiar red packaging and chocolate.